Before Yan Gang's words were finished, I felt the hand he was holding my hand tighten slightly.

Then, he slowly straightened up and looked behind me, and I turned my head, and sure enough, I saw the old man slowly walking down the slope until he came to these people.

He was still dressed shortly, and he was wearing a pair of straw sandals on his feet, and even his toes were exposed, but fortunately the weather was sunny today, and all the mud had been dried, so he was not as wolf as the mud that had been stained with a leg before, but even so, standing in front of such a group of people in brocade clothes and riding tall horses, his appearance made people feel a little inappropriate.

I subconsciously frowned.

Old Man Ma didn't seem to feel that his clothes would be looked down upon at all, and stood there very calmly, although he was bent back, his expression was very natural, bending a pair of eyes, looking at Yan Gang with a smile.

As soon as Yan Gang saw him, a moment of stiffness flashed across his face.

But he immediately laughed too: "Old horse." ”

"Fifth master, it's been a long time. ”

"yes, we're really, long time no see. ”

His tone was still the same as when he had just spoken to me, affectionate and enthusiastic, completely in the tone of seeing an old friend, but he didn't understand how to move on horseback, and even straightened his back a little straighter, deliberately creating a condescending feeling: "How are you all these years?"

"Good, good, good. ”

Old Man Ma said three "yes" in a row, and said with a smile: "I can eat and sleep, there is nothing better in the world than such a day." ”

"Hehe, that's good. ”

Yan Gang laughed dryly, although he was still trying his best to maintain his "fifth master" shelf, but the absent-minded conversation and flickering eyes had clearly made him feel a little unbearable, he didn't even say anything more, and walked directly from the old man's side and entered the village.

I stood still, motionless.

And Pei Yuanxiu passed by my side.

My eyes were straight ahead, and I didn't look at him, and I don't think he looked at me either.

It was only when he passed by me that I felt that his horse was still a little restless, and that he was snorting incessantly as he walked, and his steps were messy, as if he were about to break off the reins and rush out at any moment.

It wasn't until he walked past me completely that I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, I know that he doesn't want to hurt me, after all, this is still Gantang Village, and most of the people here are still my people, but the situation of being sniped all the way by Butu and almost falling into the river that day is too terrifying, and it is too deeply imprinted in my mind, it is not the closest I am to death, but it is the most painful time I faced it alone.

I can't say I'm afraid of him, but I don't have what it takes to completely defeat this man.

Just when I stood there, feeling the wind blowing on my back, a cold feeling pierced me slightly, a hand slapped on my shoulder, and when I looked back, it was the wrinkled and smiling face of the old man Ma, he looked at me and said with a smile: "Miss, what are you thinking?"

I hurriedly cheered up, looked back at the group of people, and was about to enter Gantang Village, I smiled and said, "Old man, why do I think that the fifth uncle seems to be a little afraid of you?"

As soon as he heard this, he immediately burst out laughing, and also looked back at the man's back, and said, "Of course he is afraid of me." ”

"Why?"

He reached out and patted me on the shoulder, grabbed my arm and walked back, I knew that he was worried about the injury on my foot, so he came to help me, smiled gratefully, and simply grabbed his shoulder, he didn't seem to reject me so close, and said with a smile: "You know that I followed your grandfather to do things." ”

"Hmm. ”

"Your grandfather has a total of five sons and one daughter, this youngest son is an old man, of course, he is the most favored, and he is also the most arrogant. ”

"Really?"

"I have done a lot of things with your grandfather, and I have won his trust, and your fifth uncle can't see it, so he wants to compete with me. ”

"Him?"

Seeing that I was a little stunned, Old Man Ma said with a straight face: "This, don't look down on your fifth uncle, his martial arts are not bad, he went into battle when he was a teenager, and he also fought one by one, and he was able to hold it at the beginning, and he had merit." ”

“……”

I was a little surprised, I didn't expect Yan Gang to have such a past, if it wasn't for Old Man Ma to say, I really don't know.

I continued, "He competed with you, did he lose?"

Old Man Ma laughed and said, "Of course I lost." I have a special skill - snatching the lance, he heard about it, he was going to try me, he originally took the lance head, afraid of hurting me, I asked him not to use, and then, the two of us were on the right. ”

I couldn't help but get nervous, I must know that the lance is a weapon, even if I don't know kung fu, I know that going to the battlefield is definitely the place where thousands of armies are swept away; ordinary people make it difficult for the lance, as an enemy, it is even more difficult to dodge, and if you want to take the lance from the hands of people, it is simply more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Old Man Ma said: "Old man, I, three battles and three victories." ”

“……”

"Not only that, but in the last game, I took his lance and broke it for him, and wounded his horse, and he fell off the horse, broke three ribs, and kept it for months. Since then, he has been afraid of me, and although he doesn't say it, everyone knows it. ”

I was dumbfounded.

After a while, I smiled and said, "Old man, then I came to you this time, I really found the right person." ”

He laughed twice and said, "But we are all old, and he is not afraid of me anymore." Miss, if you want to succeed, you have to plan things first. ”

That's a lot of truth.

I smiled and nodded, then took his arm and the two of us entered the village together.

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The quiet little village of Gantang Village suddenly became lively.

Suddenly so many people came, although Old Man Ma and Aunt Hong had been prepared for a long time, but it still set off a lot of waves, and many people in the village came out to watch, especially those children, who had never seen so many people since they were born, and they even broke the corners of the wall.

They lived in the middle of the village, in the largest house.

The house should be built in the place where the ancestral hall was built, and it was also built in the place where this Gantang Village was established, so it is in the center of the entire Gantang Village, and all the other houses are spread in all directions around this house, and I have probably walked all the alleys and alleys in this village in the past two days, so I have a general understanding of the terrain of the village.

This house is in the center of Gantang Village, the Yan Family Ancestral Hall is directly north of the house, and the small courtyard where I lived before is in the northeast corner of the village, and the distance to both sides is about the same.

The check-in affair lasted almost a whole day, and it was not until the evening that all the qiē were properly placed.

I returned to Aunt Hong's small courtyard, and as soon as I sat down to remove the bandage on my ankle to see if the wound had cracked, someone reported that Yan Ruoyu had brought someone here.

When I opened the door, it was really her, still holding the small embroidered cloth bag in her hand, standing slimly at the door, and behind her was Su Su and the fearless monk.

As soon as Yan Ruoyu saw me, he immediately smiled and said, "Cousin." ”

"If you are foolish. ”

I nodded, and before I could say anything, Su Su had already pounced on her and hugged me: "Miss, Miss, are you okay? I heard Aunt Hong say that you are injured?

Although I felt a little pain in my ankle, at this time, in order not to worry them, I could only grit my teeth and smile, saying that I just had a little skin trauma on my face, and I would be fine with medicine.

Even so, Su Su's eyes were red with distress.

The fearless monk was even more furious, and even I blamed me by the way: "Miss, what do you mean by this? I said before that I would let the Sprinkle family protect you, but what about you? You actually ran away secretly, if this really hurts there, how can you let the Sprinkle family go to see Mrs. in the future?!"

I was scolded so submissively, and I coaxed them softly for a long time before I finally coaxed them.

After talking, I learned that on the day I left, Xue Qian really didn't get up until noon, and people's spirits were also very sluggish, they kept helping me hide from her, and she didn't have the spirit to pay attention to it, until Pei Yuanxiu and Yan Gang returned to Yan's house together, I didn't go out to greet me, Yan Ruoyu also lied to me, saying that I was unwell, and not many people found out.

The fearless monk said indignantly: "If it weren't for that Pei Yuanxiu who was sure that the eldest lady was no longer in the Yan family, and then that old witch broke into the eldest lady's room directly, she could have been hidden for a while!"

“……”

I heard him say this, and I only smiled faintly.

From the previous few things, I already understood that I was at a disadvantage in front of Pei Yuanxiu, and it was not surprising that he could even let Butu and them come here to intercept me in advance, which proved that he could guess my whereabouts.

It's just that then, we're going to have to brainstorm a bit.

The two of them, as well as those guards under me, came with Yan Ruoyu's people, Yan Ruoyu took them to my room and then said goodbye, before leaving, she smiled and said to me: "Cousin, rest early." There's probably a tough battle to be fought tomorrow. ”

I thanked her and said, "Thanks for the reminder." ”

When she left, I closed the door and looked back at Su Su and the fearless monk, Su Su was still worried that I was injured, and I didn't care about these at all, so I just grabbed her and asked, "Su Su, did you notify the person who asked you to notify me before I left?"

"The notification has arrived. ”

"So, what about people?"

"This time we came over, there were many people, and she was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't go with us. She said that she would come to the eldest lady in the evening. ”